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Imagine being a teenager with a mental illness. Now add substance abuse.

You’ve got what mental health professionals call a dual diagnosis adolescent. A local expert will talk about how culture influences dual diagnosis adolescents at 7:30 p.m. on March 27 in Somers Lounge at the College of St. Scholastica.

The speaker is Michelle Johnson-Jennings, co-

director of Research for Indigenous Community Health and assistant professor in the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy’s Duluth campus.

The free talk will follow a social hour at 6:30 p.m. It’s the final talk in the Recovery Speaker Series sponsored by Clean Recovery Services at St. Scholastica and Hazelden addiction treatment center.

You can learn more by calling (218) 723-6527.

#STEMforHer chat

Women and girls interested in advancing entrepreneuership and science, technology, engineering and math are invited to a Twitter conversation on Monday hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration — or @SBAgov — and the National Women’s Business Council — @NWBC.

Erin Andrews, from the SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership, will share tips on how the Small Business Administration can help women overcome hurdles in expanding their businesses.

The talk also will feature Divya Nag, co-founder of Stem Cell Theranostics (@Dnag09), and representatives from Goldie Blox (@GoldieBlox) and Girls in Tech (@GirlsinTech).

The Twitter chat will run from 1-2 p.m. on Monday. View the conversation by searching for the hashtag #STEMforHer.

Sign up for Rampage

Early bird special sign up for the first Rampage at the Ridge ends March 31.

The event is similar to other endurance-pushing, obstacle-jumping races like Tough Mudder.

The event is Aug. 24 at Giants Ridge. It was created by the United Way of Northeastern Minnesota to raise money for a new initiative to focus on local veterans and their families.